Bitcoin company leaders and open-source developers are stating that Chinese AI models are currently outperforming restricted American frontier systems in defensive cybersecurity work, forcing researchers to rely on them to secure critical Bitcoin infrastructure. Rob Hamilton, CEO of AnchorWatch, reported being blocked multiple times by OpenAI despite months of identity verification while conducting legitimate security audits. On August 10, the Bitcoin Policy Institute published an open letter signed by more than 70 organizations across the digital-asset ecosystem, calling on frontier AI labs to establish trusted-access programs for qualified open-source defenders. This situation follows the exploitation of a firmware flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets beginning in July, resulting in the theft of over 100 million dollars in bitcoin.
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